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EQ2 2012CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY About the EQ ···················································· 3 Average order value (AOV) is one of the most important key performance indicators for any ecommerce business. And Battle of the Giants: Apple vs. Google ····· 5 online marketers who use AOV to discover new visitor segments Social Media Cheapskates ·························· 9 will see an immediate impact on their bottom line. Who’s Really Winning the Browser War? ···· 12 There’s plenty to be said about AOV for common customer segments—such as new versus returning visitors, or shoppers Benchmark Reports ······································· 14 with an affinity to a brand/category—but to achieve long-term Methodology ··················································· 20 revenue and growth, successful ecommerce businesses will References ························································ 20 identify customers who spend the most money and get them to buy again and again. As website traffic continues to make a About Monetate ·············································· 21 drastic shift from traditional desktop and laptop computers to smartphones and tablets, EQ2 2012 takes a look at two visitor segments—platform type and inbound traffic source—that stand out as potential game-changers. Lastly, EQ2 2012 tells the real story behind web browsers. While the amount of visitors accessing websites via traditional methods plummets, one web browser has nabbed a significant portion of market share and left the once-mighty Internet Explorer in the rearview mirror in a unique and revealing way. a monetate publication ¦ 2

EQ2 2012ABOUT THE EQAs ecommerce companies look for ways to increase customer their experiences with others. Ecommerce businesses that tackle Bigengagement and sales in a highly competitive online shopping Data head-on focus their attention on three primary visitor segments,environment, they’re faced with challenges centered on massive groups that will be explored (with examples of each) in every releaseamounts of data. This Big Data conundrum extends beyond the of the EQ:collection and storage of information about customers and prospects;the critical component of business intelligence is the ability to transform New versus returning; referringthis never-ending stream of data into meaningful insights to create traffic sources; technographics; geography.more relevant shopping experiences. Demographics; proximity to location.Managing this data is a big part of delivering relevance. Using acombination of historical and real-time data to target each website visit Shopping cartcan delight customers who then become extremely loyal and share activity; brand or category affinity. a monetate publication ¦ 3

EQ2 2012Technology providers like Monetate play an essential role in helpingbusinesses understand this data and their audiences. Through theuse of the Monetate Agility Suite and advice from Monetate’s websiteoptimization experts and content resources, businesses are now ableto realize the unfulfilled promise of ecommerce: Delivering relevantmessages to customers at the right place and at the right time.The EQ also provides takeaways and ideas that point to the importanceecommerce businesses must place on delivering a more engagingshopping experience to customers in ways that provide measurableimpact. As more online businesses look to maximize their investmentsin technology and marketing, these tactics will become even morecritical to consider.The EQ is published four times a year, after the conclusion of everycalendar year quarter. a monetate publication ¦ 4

EQ2 2012BATTLE OF THE GIANTS: APPLE VS. GOOGLEPlatforms and devices impact conversion and average order value.A great deal of attention continues to be paid to sales of smartphone SMARTPHONE SHARE OFand tablet devices from Apple and Google. TOTAL WEBSITE TRAFFIC 5.41%As these technology behemoths battle it out, there appears to be acorrelation between a decrease in Android smartphone market share1and the amount of website traffic that comes from users of thesedevices.Leading ecommerce websites receive 3.31% of their total visits from 3.44% 3.31%smartphones running Android, up from 1.76% last year and an increaseof 85% in total shopping sessions. These same websites receive 5.41% oftheir traffic from iPhones compared to 2.45% a year earlier, an increase 2.45% 2.45% 2.25%of 117% in total shopping sessions over the same time period. 2.53% 1.76%Despite the growth in iPhone market share, shoppers on Android- 1.95% 1.99%powered smartphones continue to convert better (1.26%) than iPhone Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2users (1.00%). 2011 2012 iPhone Android a monetate publication ¦ 5

EQ2 2012 SMARTPHONE MARKET SHARE 61.19%57.24% Less than a year ago, the Google versus Apple 56.82% smartphone debate did not have a clear 54.80% frontrunner: Leading ecommerce websites received 52.27% just 6% more traffic in Q4 2011 from iPhones than from smartphones running Android. 46.14% Following the release of the popular iPhone 4S in 43.58% October 2011, consumers’ appetites for Jelly Bean, 41.82% Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb, or Gingerbread41.14% running on devices like the Galaxy, Nexus, Evo, Thrill, or Droid have greatly diminished as almost 37.46% 25% more visits now come from iPhones. Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 2011 2012 iPhone Android a monetate publication ¦ 6

EQ2 2012There’s a different story when comparing website traffic from Android- TABLET MARKET SHARE 1.54%based tablets to the iPad. Although the iPad is the most dominant device 6.58%in terms of tablet-based traffic (88.31%), in just one year the Amazon 5.11%Kindle Fire and other Android tablets have swiped 10% of market shareaway from Apple. It will be interesting to see how Google’s Nexus 7impacts tablet market share in the second half of 2012 and beyond. 98.46% 88.31%Similar to smartphones, conversion rates on Android tablets (3.58%)have crept ahead of the rival iPad (3.19%). Q2 2011 Q2 2012 iPad Android Kindle Fire a monetate publication ¦ 7

EQ2 2012EQ TAKEAWAYS Q2 2012 AVERAGE ORDER VALUE BY DEVICE $102.83 $97.49 $97.16 $96.80 $95.81 $92.45 $88.75 $84.91 $84.56 Mac Windows Linux iPhone Android Windows iPad Android Kindle Fire TRADITIONAL SMARTPHONE TABLET a monetate publication ¦ 8

EQ2 2012SOCIAL MEDIA CHEAPSKATESShoppers from social networks are not big spenders. Q2 2012 CONVERSION RATESKey performance indicators, including conversion rate and average BY TRAFFIC SOURCEorder value (AOV), still rank among the more viable ways to measurethe success (or failure) of online marketing campaigns. And as more 4.25%marketers test Facebook Ads and Sponsored Stories, or Twitter’sPromoted Tweets or Accounts, examining these performance metricsreveals that more traditional inbound channels continue to producebetter results. 2.49%The AOV of website traffic from search is $26.21 higher than traffic fromsocial networks. Email remains a proven inbound marketing channel,delivering an AOV that’s $18.53 higher than traffic from websites suchas Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. And as reported in EQ1 2012, 0.59%conversion rates from social networks remain dramatically lower thansearch and email. Email Search Social a monetate publication ¦ 9

EQ2 2012Q2 2012 AVERAGE ORDER VALUE BY TRAFFIC SOURCE $90.40 $82.72 EQ TAKEAWAYS $64.19 Search Email Social a monetate publication ¦ 10

EQ2 2012Timing Is EverythingRemember the replatforming initiative you started back in February Make sure backend systems are tried, tested, and ultimately stable.that keeps getting delayed? For most ecommerce businesses, the Don t wait until September to deploy new features and functionalityholiday season will make or break the entire year. (either unﬁnished or not started). The eve of holiday shopping is not the time for unpredictable performance and untested ideas.A recent Forrester Consulting Thought Leadership Paper, Gettingthe Most From Your Replatforming Project, reveals that for 95% ofecommerce businesses, AOV decreased following a redesign andreplatforming.2 By not timing a replatforming initiative correctly,especially around the holidays, any potential increase in AOV couldbe lost̶or even worse, as many ecommerce businesses haveexperienced, AOV could drop even lower.The message is loud and clear: It s critical for ecommerce businessesto complete a technology project like replatforming well before theholiday season. Increases in AOV̶like the noticeable improvementof $14.08 when comparing all trafﬁc in the second quarter of 2012with the third quarter of last year̶means that projects targeted forcompletion later in the year could result in businesses missing outon additional revenue. a monetate publication ¦ 11

EQ2 2012WHO S REALLY WINNING THE BROWSER WAR?A new contender is ready to claim victory.In May 2012, both the media and blogosphere were abuzz when web The once-dominant Internet Explorer—a browser that claimed moretraffic analysis tool StatCounter released weekly browser share data than 90% of market share a decade ago—is now used by just over one-that indicated Google Chrome surpassed Microsoft Internet Explorer third (37.50%) of consumers who visit leading ecommerce websites,as the most popular web browser worldwide.3 However, our research while losing 6% more market share between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.reveals the rapid rise of Safari as a preferred choice of online shoppersthroughout the day. Q2 2012 BROWSER MARKET SHARE 0.79%When combining Mobile Safari with its desktop counterpart,ecommerce businesses get more than one-fourth of their traffic(28.76%) from Safari, an increase of 9.04% in one year, making it second 15.80% Internet Exploreronly to Internet Explorer. Comparatively, Chrome’s market share Safari(17.15%) increased 6.27% in one year. 37.50%Outside of the enterprise—in other words, after work computers are 17.15% Chromeshut down for the day—Safari slips in as the dominant web browser Firefoxwith 31.42% market share between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Infact, all web browsers other than Internet Explorer see an increase in 28.76% Otherusage after the typical workday comes to an end, when users have theability to choose the web browser that they want to use. a monetate publication ¦ 12

EQ2 2012EQ TAKEAWAYS: Q2 2012 BROWSER MARKET SHARE (6PM‒6AM) 0.93% Safari 16.41% 4 31.42% Internet Explorer Chrome 19.82% Firefox 31.41% Other a monetate publication ¦ 13

EQ2 2012BENCHMARK REPORTS Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 93.47% 92.36% 91.64% 87.82% 83.92% 2.26% 3.17% 4.06% 6.12% 7.24% 4.27% 4.47% 4.30% 6.06% 8.84% 98.46% 96.91% 94.52% 89.16% 88.31% NA NA 0.93% 4.46% 5.11% 1.54% 3.09% 4.54% 6.38% 6.58% 57.24% 54.80% 52.27% 56.82% 61.19% 41.14% 43.58% 46.14% 41.82% 37.46% 0.75% 0.84% 1.02% 0.87% 0.88% 0.87% 0.78% 0.57% 0.49% 0.46% a monetate publication ¦ 14

EQ2 2012Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 20123.05% 2.65% 3.47% 3.03% 3.34%2.93% 2.55% 3.23% 2.86% 3.17%0.96% 0.93% 1.25% 1.15% 1.09%2.94% 2.57% 3.25% 2.86% 3.19% NA NA 2.06% 1.98% 2.22%2.18% 2.02% 3.15% 3.50% 3.58%0.93% 0.87% 1.13% 1.04% 1.00%1.03% 1.04% 1.40% 1.33% 1.26%0.78% 0.73% 1.02% 1.13% 1.02%0.08% 0.06% 0.09% 0.08% 0.03% a monetate publication ¦ 15

EQ2 2012Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 201229.06% 29.95% 32.11% 33.15% 34.79%2.53% 2.56% 2.66% 3.07% 2.85%4.66% 4.27% 5.03% 4.36% 4.38%Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 20122.53% 2.12% 2.96% 2.40% 2.49%0.35% 0.37% 0.56% 0.48% 0.59%3.65% 3.56% 4.21% 3.82% 4.25%2.26% 1.87% 2.64% 2.10% 2.17%0.56% 0.57% 0.88% 0.75% 0.93% a monetate publication ¦ 16

EQ2 2012 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 $108.32 $102.83 $91.56 $88.75 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 * $106.96 $106.38 $95.41 $91.86 * $100.91 $106.80 $96.83 $96.11 * $106.46 $121.35 $104.96 $97.39 * $100.67 $106.55 $96.68 $96.80 * $108.50 $116.13 $99.17 $95.81 * NA $87.16 $86.42 $84.56Smartphone * $103.92 $117.05 $102.21 $97.49 * $107.73 $126.20 $107.49 $97.16 * $118.90 $114.74 $97.72 $92.45 * Incomplete Data a monetate publication ¦ 17

EQ2 2012Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 * $104.24 $101.25 $91.70 $90.40 * $60.70 $64.69 $63.76 $64.19 * $84.58 $91.60 $79.08 $82.72 * Incomplete DataQ2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 201249.37% 47.15% 46.17% 40.77% 37.50%10.89% 12.75% 13.80% 16.01% 17.15%19.29% 17.74% 16.96% 16.32% 15.80%6.43% 7.48% 8.57% 11.43% 15.11%13.30% 14.28% 14.05% 14.81% 13.65%0.00% 0.00% 0.05% 0.27% 0.37%0.32% 0.31% 0.28% 0.33% 0.36% 0.41% 0.29% 0.12% 0.06% 0.06% a monetate publication ¦ 18

EQ2 2012 Morning Afternoon Evening Overnight 44.46% 40.01% 31.71% 29.93% 14.08% 17.91% 19.52% 21.25% 15.60% 16.44% 16.06% 18.16% 12.78% 11.53% 15.90% 15.58% 12.48% 13.48% 15.90% 13.95% 0.31% 0.29% 0.52% 0.42% 0.24% 0.28% 0.33% 0.45% 0.05% 0.06% 0.06% 0.17%KEY: Morning: 6AM ‒ 12PM Afternoon: 12PM ‒ 6PM Evening: 6PM ‒ 12AM Overnight: 12AM ‒ 6AM a monetate publication ¦ 19

EQ2 2012METHODOLOGYThe EQ analyzes a random sample of more than 100 million For all media inquiries, questions, and feedbackonline shopping experiences using “same store” data across regarding the information in this report, or to obtain copies of previous releases of the EQ, contact:each calendar quarter. Director of Corporate Communications (215) 987-4441 mmanzoritchie@monetate.comREFERENCES1. Android Growth to End in 2012 as Microsoft Begins to Steal Google and Apple s Thunder (June 6, 2012)2. Getting the Most From Your Replatforming Project (June 2012)3. StatCounter: Google Chrome Pushes Past Microsoft s Internet Explorer (Again) (May 21, 2012)4. IE 10′ Do-Not-Track Default Dies Quick Death (June 6, 2012) s a monetate publication ¦ 20

EQ2 2012ABOUT MONETATEMonetate drives billions of dollars of revenue every year for some 16 times more optimization campaigns compared to industry averages.of the best-known brands in the world, including Best Buy, QVC, The Monetate Agility Suite includes advanced products for testing,Urban Outfitters, Aeropostale, The Sports Authority, and PETCO. The merchandising, targeting, and cross-channel consistency, providing ancompany’s comprehensive product suite and conversion expertise opportunity to bypass IT restraints and react in real time to customerenable marketers to deliver a more relevant customer experience with demands. Monetate also helps marketers implement best practices,unprecedented agility. and drive online revenue through its expert strategic services and content publishing teams.Leading marketers rely on Monetate’s cloud-based browser technologyto achieve a new level of speed and control, which allows them to run a monetate publication ¦ 21

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